CVE-2026-32690 PUBLISHED

Apache Airflow: 3.x - Nested Variable Secret Values Bypass Redaction via max_depth=1

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 13.03.2026 Published: 18.04.2026 Updated: 18.04.2026

Secrets in Variables saved as JSON dictionaries were not properly redacted - in case thee variables were retrieved by the user the secrets stored as nested fields were not masked.

If you do not store variables with sensitive values in JSON form, you are not affected. Otherwise please upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.2.0 that has the fix implemented

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Airflow
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.0.0 to 3.2.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • Nguyen Anh Binh [IA Lab – FPT University] finder
  • Kevin Yang remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere CWE